Director Of Data Platform

Highmark Health

Gcp, aws, azure cloud environments
Spark, flink, kafka, airflow data processing
Bigquery, presto/trino, iceberg data storage
This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise

Job Summary

  • This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise.
  • The incumbent will also establish and enforce data quality standards, metadata management, lineage, and operational excellence, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulatory requirements (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2) and partnering with governance and security teams to protect sensitive data.
  • Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity.

Matching Summary

This role is pivotal in defining and owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and driving architectural decisions for data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics across the enterprise.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • GCP, AWS, Azure cloud environments
  • Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow data processing
  • BigQuery, Presto/Trino, Iceberg data storage
  • dbt and semantic modeling
  • FHIR, HL7, and related APIs
  • HIPAA-compliant platforms
  • PHI data management

Nice-to-have

  • Bridge technical and business concepts
  • Foster culture of excellence and innovation
  • Continuous improvement discipline

Key Requirements

  • 7 years in Data Analytics
  • 5 years in management or leadership role
  • 5 years in the Healthcare Industry
  • Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related field
  • 6 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree

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